I used a similar method in an earlier version of the screen which worked fine. In my form, I used the MOD() function which catches the error, as does the % operator. There is some inconsistency here in that % traps the error but / doesn't. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
________________________________ From: Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 15:27 Subject: Re: FP: Trapping division by zero (Error 1307) This is my Foxpro/DOS way of catching division by zero: on error * x=1/0 if if "*"$x ? x ? "divide by zero" endif on error -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 (Linux kernel 2.6.39.3) /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGv=MJBG8icTrciptu-DsJZmL7F9FW+WFP1C=nbsd1ghx_e...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
